{"title":"Catherine Benson","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatherine Benson spent most of her childhood in Scotland and now lives in Bradford. Her poems have been published in many anthologies for both children and adults, and have been broadcast on BBC radio. Her pamphlets \u003cem\u003eIt Must Have Been a Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUntitled as Yet\u003c\/em\u003e are published by Smith\/Doorstop. She has won prizes in several competitions: the Buxton, Templar, TES, Oldie, New Statesman and The Spectator.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-north-48","title":"The North: 48","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe North 48\u003c\/i\u003e showcases 143 poems by 82 poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poets I Go Back To' — Simon Currie and Chris Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Blind Criticism' — Andrew Forster and Helen Mort discuss \u003ci\u003eTaedium Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Killick on Helena Nelson, Frank Ormsby, Anna Robinson, Mary MacRae\u003cbr\u003eAngelina Ayers on Mary Oliver, Peter Bennet, Anne Caldwell\u003cbr\u003eJane Routh on Justin Quinn, John Montague, John McAuliffe\u003cbr\u003eLiz Cashdan on Ivor Gurney, Tom Rawling\u003cbr\u003eStewart Conn on Derek Mahon\u003cbr\u003eNeil Roberts on Plath and Hughes\u003cbr\u003eNoel Williams on Clare Pollard, Kate Potts, Gill McEvoy\u003cbr\u003eNina Boyd on Some Girls Mothers\u003cbr\u003ePeter Carpenter on Hannah Lowe, Michael Mackmin, Steven Blyth\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cooke (1) on Tim Dooley, Oz Hardwick, Adam O’Riordan\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cooke (2) on Matthew Sweeney, Katrina Naomi, A.F. Harrold\u003cbr\u003eKay Syrad on Writing Your Self\u003cbr\u003eBelinda Cooke on Vasko Popa, Tadeusz Rózewicz\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Smith\/Doorstop (The Poetry Business)","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040764264,"sku":"22833-0269-9885","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_17f2b360-186e-4299-b966-06c31a4e6e9b.jpeg?v=1752237114"},{"product_id":"the-north-47-25-years-in-the-north","title":"The North 47: 25 Years in the North","description":"\"Stars in the north are seen not to set.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems, articles, reviews and features - including 25 year poems and reflections on 25 years of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus Poets I Go Back To, The Collection and Blind Criticism. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Smith\/Doorstop (The Poetry Business)","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040766284,"sku":"22305-0269-9885","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_71c19a2f-369e-4395-8bcb-aadb933a4eed.jpeg?v=1752237112"},{"product_id":"untitled-as-yet","title":"Untitled as Yet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Peterloo and Scottish National Poetry Competitions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poems of a profoundly troubled childhood, recorded with consummate skill and delicacy. Natural scenes beautifully observed, lyrically described. Altogether a very moving collection.\" \u003cbr\u003eJudith Chernaik\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"I very much like the starkness, honesty and courage of these poems.\"\u003cbr\u003eMichael Mackmin\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'Down South'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e9 Shore Road looked out on the Firth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpring tides and force 8 gales dashed it with spray,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eleft salt spots on the windows. Gulls on the roof\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003edaubed the slates with white.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe man did odd jobs, sawed logs, grew veg and fished.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis wife baked bread and scones, made house a home.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDays I lived there with them. Nights I went to Gran’s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey had a bath with taps which Gran did not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHer house was old and small with a dark lav in the yard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI’d tuck my feet up in case of mice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI thought I’d left 9 Shore Road. But the child in me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003egoes back to the smell of soup, pine logs flamed blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand green from oozing sap, the feel of the cat and me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eon the mat, the voice of my book, the tick of the clock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere I live now is here, West Yorkshire. Down south.…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Benson\u003c\/strong\u003e spent most of her childhood in Scotland and now lives in Bradford. Her poems have been published in many anthologies for both children and adults, and have been broadcast on BBC radio. Her first adult collection, \u003cem\u003eIt Must Have Been a Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Smith\/Doorstop. She has won prizes in several competitions: the Buxton, Templar, TES, Oldie, New Statesman and The Spectator. This is her second collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith\/Doorstop (The Poetry Business)","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041251456,"sku":"9781906613631","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/smith_doorstop_-_untitled_as_yet_1.jpeg?v=1752236495"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/catherine-benson\/andrew-forster.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}